Risk Source
What is Risk Source?
An element that alone or in combination with other elements has the potential to give rise to a risk event.
Frameworks that govern risk source
What the standards actually require on risk source
Requirements naming risk source across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.
ISO/IEC 23894:20231 control
Map AI system objectives to potential risk sources including data quality, transparency, fairness, robustness.
23894-A.2 · AI Objectives and Risk Sources →ISO/IEC 27400:20222 controls
Summary of characteristics, stakeholders, life cycles, and risk sources of IoT systems
27400-4 · IoT overview and concepts →ISO/IEC 27011:20241 control
Summary of characteristics, stakeholders, life cycles, and risk sources of IoT systems
27400-4 · IoT overview and concepts →Questions people ask about risk source
What is Risk Source?
An element that alone or in combination with other elements has the potential to give rise to a risk event.
Why is Risk Source important for compliance?
Risk Source is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding risk source helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Risk Source?
Risk Source appears in the requirement text of ISO/IEC 23894:2023, ISO/IEC 27400:2022, ISO/IEC 27011:2024. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Risk Source?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how risk source applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.
See how Risk Source applies across compliance frameworks
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